11.   Back in December, within days of the court ruling, EU Social Affairs Commissioner Padraig Flynn said he expected UEFA to scrap the rule immediately.

12.   But it also scraps the rule for background checks of public officials for past ties with the once-dreaded Stasi secret police.

13.   Supporters of scrapping the rule have said that competition between beer brands would help keep prices low and allow brewers to control their products in the way manufacturers do.

14.   The current illegal defense rules will be scrapped, and teams will be allowed to play any defense they choose.

15.   The government also would scrap rules that prevent non-Europeans from owning broadcasters.

16.   They also wanted the government scrap the rules that allow authorities to detain any person without a warrant if suspected of being a security threat.

17.   They also demanded that the government scrap rules that allow authorities to detain without a warrant any person suspected of posing a security threat to the state.

18.   Indonesia wants scrapped a rule requiring tropical countries to ensure wood products come only from ecologically sustainable forests, an official said here Wednesday.

19.   Seven foreigners took an examination for municipal officials Sunday in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, after the city scrapped the rule requiring public servants to hold Japanese nationality.